/*  
 *  Copyright 2006 Paul Jack.
 *
 *  This file is part of the Dex compiler suite. 
 *  
 *  Dex is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 *  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
 *  Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
 *  option) any later version.
 *  
 *  Dex is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 *  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
 *  Public License for more details.
 *  
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
 *  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
 */
package dex.compiler.model.type;


import java.util.HashMap;

import dex.misc.Cache;
import dex.misc.MapCache;


/**
 * A cache for basic type names.
 */
public class NameCache {


	/**
	 * The actual cache.
	 */
	private Cache<BasicTypeName> cache;
	
	
	/**
	 * Constructs a new name cache.
	 */
	public NameCache() {
		this.cache = new MapCache<BasicTypeName>(new HashMap<BasicTypeName,BasicTypeName>());
	}
	

	/**
	 * Returns a cached name.
	 * 
	 * @param name  the name to cache
	 * @return      the cached version of that name
	 */
	public BasicTypeName get(String name) {
		BasicTypeName result = new BasicTypeName(name);
		return cache.cache(result);
	}

}
